This Additional Background Materials Page provides links to supplementary materials that might aid in understanding the background to the Melendez-Diaz case. Some of the links are off-site. Other information on the Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts Resource Page, includes Overview; Additional Key Briefs and Materials; Key Cases; and coverage in the Federal Evidence Blog.
Additional Background Materials
| Item | Date | Source/Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metzger, Cheating the Constitution | Mar. 2006 | 59 Vand. L. Rev. 475 (2006) | Cited in the Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari |
| Court weighs use of MA crime lab reports at trial | Nov. 10, 2008 | Associated Press | Summarizing U.S. Supreme Court oral argument |
| Adam Liptak, Court Weighs How Juries Should Hear Lab Evidence | Nov. 11, 2008 | New York Times | Summarizing U.S. Supreme Court oral argument |
| Laurel Newby, Supreme Court Argument Report: Lawyers as “Repeat Players” | Nov. 12, 2008 | Law.com | Summarizing U.S. Supreme Court oral argument |
| Attorney for Petitioner | 2008 | Associate Stanford Law Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher | Also argued the Crawford v. Washington case |
| Attorney for Respondent | 2008 | Martha Coakley | Massachusetts Attorney General |
